{"id":1309,"date":"2012-08-16T19:41:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T19:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2012-08-16T19:41:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T19:41:28","slug":"thai-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/thai-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Mothers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we just celebrated Thai Mothers Day last weekend, it would only be appropriate to learn about \u2018Mom\u2019 in Thai.<\/p>\n

In the overwhelming majority of world languages the word for \u2018mom\u2019 has an \u2018m\u2019 sound in it, and Thai is no exception to this interesting rule. The Thai word for mom, of course, is \u0e41\u0e21\u0e48 mae3. Below you can find a short list of words that use the prefix \u0e41\u0e21\u0e48.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
English<\/strong><\/td>\nKaraoke<\/strong><\/td>\nThai<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mom<\/td>\nmae3<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
River<\/td>\nmae3nam4<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A female merchant<\/td>\nmae3kaa4<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e04\u0e49\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female cook<\/td>\nmae3krua1<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wet nurse<\/td>\nmae3nom1<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e19\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
House wife<\/td>\nmae3baan3<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Witch<\/td>\nmae3mod2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mother in law<\/td>\nmae3yaay1<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e22\u0e32\u0e22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Widow<\/td>\nmae3maay2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Step-mother<\/td>\nmae3liang4<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e25\u0e35\u0e49\u0e22\u0e07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mamasan<\/td>\nmae3laow4<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e25\u0e49\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchmaker (female)<\/td>\nmae3sue2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Padlock<\/td>\nmae3gun1jae1<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e01\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e41\u0e08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hen<\/td>\nmae3gai2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e01\u0e48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201choly cow!\u201d \u201coh my god!\u201d<\/td>\nmae3jao3<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e08\u0e49\u0e32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female monk (that wears white robes)<\/td>\nmae3chee1<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e0a\u0e35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master pattern<\/td>\nmae3baeb2<\/td>\n\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e1a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

A few sentences you can try out in Thai . . .<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Love mom<\/p>\n

Rak4 mae3<\/p>\n

\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Holy cow! Lek is very pretty.<\/p>\n

Mae3 jao3 lek4 suay5 maak3<\/p>\n

\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e08\u0e49\u0e32! \u0e40\u0e25\u0e47\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e27\u0e22\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Go to the river with mom.<\/p>\n

Bpai1 tee3 mae3nam4 gab2 mae3<\/p>\n

\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There is a female monk at the temple.<\/p>\n

Mee1 mae3chee1 tee3 wad4<\/p>\n

\u0e21\u0e35\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She is a house wife.<\/p>\n

Kao5 bpen1 mae3 baan3<\/p>\n

\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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